TDs / Ken O'Flynn

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Ken O'Flynn

Independent Ireland Cork North-Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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9,005
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
86,377
words spoken in the chamber
Across 393 contributions. Plus 40 contributions from the chair, not counted
295
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
421
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 9,005 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 393 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 0 1
February 2025 17 20
March 2025 14 22
April 2025 24 16
May 2025 227 18
June 2025 49 14
July 2025 35 24
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 663 33
October 2025 297 9
November 2025 1,060 18
December 2025 621 2
January 2026 190 45
February 2026 911 14
March 2026 387 38
April 2026 691 31
May 2026 2,122 20
June 2026 635 22
July 2026 289 11
August 2026 0 2
September 2026 347 12
October 2026 426 20

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 188 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Cork North-Central 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent Ireland 29 November 2024 to now
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how many Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers received supplementary emergency funding, cash acceleration measures, or deficit-support arrangements in each year since 2020; and the total value of such supports by year. [41829/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE has identified any risk of service reduction, service interruption, or provider failure arising from financial sustainability pressures within the disability sector since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41830/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE has undertaken any national assessment of the financial impact of HIQA regulatory compliance obligations on Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers; and if she will provide details of any such assessment. [41831/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any Section 38 or Section 39 disability provider has formally notified the HSE of concerns regarding inability to maintain existing service levels due to staffing shortages, financial deficits, or regulatory compliance costs since 2020. [41832/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than five years who do not have an identified permanency plan, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42461/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average duration in care for children currently in State care, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42462/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in long-term foster care where adoption, guardianship, reunification, or long-term supported independent living has been formally identified as the permanency objective. [42464/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains national key performance indicators relating to permanency planning, care drift, placement stability, and duration in care; and if so, to provide details. [42465/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1588. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any internal audit, external review, HIQA inspection programme, or policy evaluation has examined long-term care drift or delays in permanency outcomes within Tusla since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42466/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than ten years. [42467/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who exited State care in each year from 2020 to 2026 through reunification, adoption, guardianship, ageing out of care, or other pathways. [42468/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a centrally extractable dataset recording the cumulative number of placement changes experienced by each child in State care; and if not, whether plans are in place to establish such a dataset. [42681/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced more than five placement changes during their time in care, broken down by foster care, relative care, residential care and special care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42682/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced ten or more placement changes during their time in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42683/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1606. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla operates any internal threshold, escalation trigger, or formal review mechanism in circumstances where a child in care experiences repeated placement breakdowns or multiple placement changes within a defined period; and if they will provide details. [42684/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1607. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care who experienced three or more placement changes within a twelve-month period in each year from 2020 to 2026, broken down by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42685/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla centrally records the number of emergency placement arrangements involving children in State care; and if they will provide the annual number of such arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [42686/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1609. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care currently placed outside their home county or outside their Tusla service area due to placement availability issues, broken down by age category and placement type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42687/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has conducted any internal audit, review, analysis, or risk assessment regarding the impact of repeated placement instability on educational attendance, mental health outcomes, behavioural presentations, or long-term permanency outcomes for children in care; if so, to provide details and findings; and if she will make a st…
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla's current case management and information systems are technically capable of generating national reports on placement instability and repeated placement changes for children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42689/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1612. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department or Tusla has established any national benchmark, target, performance indicator, or acceptable threshold relating to placement stability for children in State care; and if they will provide details. [42690/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of placement changes experienced by children in State care, broken down by duration in care categories of less than one year, one to three years, three to five years, and more than five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42691/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether repeated placement changes for children in State care are reported through any national governance, risk management, safeguarding, or quality assurance framework within Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42692/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1629. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has considered establishing a national longitudinal outcomes dataset for care leavers to track housing status, homelessness, employment, education and wellbeing outcomes following the closure of aftercare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43188/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Children
1630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any assessment has been undertaken of the long-term housing outcomes of care leavers following the cessation of aftercare supports since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43189/26]